New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-08

chat should impair the protective cnaracter OF tue
whole BODY of the tariff laws. Four years ago. III
the Act of 1888. we made changes OF the charac'er
have tried to indicate. If such changes were
m.de and the certifying of our seacoast thus under
t.kon Mt very moderate annual outlay no sur
MIN. wouId be found after that already accumu-
iotad had been disposed Of The OUTLAY of money
ON Notifications while doing great service TO the
country. would give good work to many men,
But what about the existing surplus r
"Tne abstract of the message | have see1,' re-
Piled Mr.. Blaine contains no reference TO that
point i, therefore. mako no comment further
than to indorse Mr. Fred Grants remark that
surplus is always easier to handle than deficit"
POSSIBLE EFFECT OF TIE PRESIDENTS POLICY.
The repor er repeated the question whether the
Presidents recommendation would not. if adopted,
give us the advantage Of large increase IN ex-
ports.
IL only repeat" answered Mr. B,aine " that 1t
would vastly enlarge our imports wllle th' only
export il would seriously increase would o' our
gold and silver. That would flow out bountconSly'
Just az 1t did under the tariff OF 1915 lhe
Presidents recommendation enacted into Jaw
would result as did al experiment III drainaS OF
a man wao shed to turn swamp into a prod
uctiye field. He dug drain to nelghporihg
river but 1t happened, unfortunately, that the
level of the river was higher than tho level of tho
parallel would be found when the Presidents policy
in ATTEMPTING to open channel for An increase of
exports should simply succeed III making way Tor
delugIng Inn Nv of fabrics to the destruction OF
home Industry
OUR own MARKET FOR OUR OWN PEOPLE
"But don't you think it important to increase
our export trade =
"Cndoabtcdly; bat it is vastly mora important
not 10 lose our own great MARKET tor or owl p9'-
pie III tn, VAN effort TO reach the im)pSsloe Itls
not oar foreign trade that has caused the wonier-
fu grow n and expansion of the republic. IL Is
the vast domestic trale between thirty-eight
States aud eight Territories, with their population
of, perhaps 81. 900 900 to-day. The whole amount
of our ex port and import trade together has never,
| think reached 81 900, 100000 any one year.
Our internal home trade on lSOoOJ mics Oh ra'i-
way. along 5000 miles of ocean coast. over the
five great lakes and along 10000 miles OF navlga-
bic rivers. reaches the enormous annual aggregate
of more than $40 900. 0OoOoo, and perhaps this
year 5jO, 900 100000
ULIurABLE FREE TRADE AT HOME.
"It is into this lllmita5le trade even now in its
infancy and destined to attain magnitude not
dreamed of twenty years ago. that the Europeans
are struggling TO enter. 1t Is the heritage
Of the American peop.e, of their children aud
of their childrens children. 1t gives an
absolutely roe trade Overa territory nearly as large
as all Europe and the prof Is all our own. Inc
genuine Free-Trader appears unable to see or COM
plelend that this continental trlde-not our ex-
changes with Europe-Is the great source OF our
prosperity. President Cleveland now plainly pro-
pose, policy that will admit Europe to a share of
this trade
NV 2 fITICAL ECONOMY NEED
"Bnt Won are in favor of extending our Iolegn
trade are yOn nOtT
Certainly an. in all practical and advantage
ons ways. but not on the principle of the Free
Traders by which we shall be constantly exchang-
ing dollar for ne. Moreover, the foreign trade Is
often very deusivc. Cotton Is manufactured IN the
city of my residence. fla box of cotton COOL is sent
200 miles to tie province OF New brunswick, II IS
foreign trade. If shipped 1000 miles round Cape
Horn to Washington Territory it IS domestic
trade. Tie magnitude of tho Union and the I'M
men ,ity of It's internal trade require new polu-
cal economy The treatlses written for european
States do not grasp our peculiar situation"
TIE SOUTH NEEDS PROTECTION.
Glow will the Presidents message be taken III
the South?7 IL don't dare to answer that cues
ton The truih mas been so long obscured by GER
tain local que slons of rnrcasoning prejudice tha
nobody can hope for industrial enlightenment
among their leaders Just yet But IN nv view the
SOuth above all sections of the Union needs pro-
tectIye larif. The TWO VrgInlas. North Carolina,
Kentucky. Missouri, Tennessee. Alabama ana
Georgia have enormous Resources and facilities Tor
developing All handling manu'actures Ihey
cannot DO ANYTHING without protection. Even
progrcss 50 vast a. some OF those States have made
viii be checked If the Presidents message Is en-
acted INTO law Their Senators and Representa-
tlves can prevent but they are 80 used to follow ng
anv1h NC label ed 'Dem0cratic' that very probably
they will follow the Preside It and blight the
progress already made. b. the tim, some OF the
Southern States gs free iron ora and coat, WINE
tobacco Is taxed they NAV have occasion to SIT
down and calculate tn value o. Democratic free
trade to their local interests"
THE FALLACY OF ADMITTING RAW Mt1ER1AL
Twill not the Presidents recommendation to
admit raw material find strong support
Not by Wise Protectionists IN our time. Ier-
hap some greedy manufacturers may THINK that
with free coal OF free iron ore they can do great
thinps but if thsy should succeed IN trying
will IS the bows say, catch 1t on the rebound IL
tine hom, trade in raw material Is destroyed or
seriously injured railroads viii ne the first to 'ccl
it, If that vas; interest i crippled IN any direction
the financial fabric of the whole country Will feel
il quickly an seriously. If any man c1n give a
reason why we should arrange the tarlf to iavor
the raw material Of other countries ID q cohpeli-
hon ag inst material of the same KIND, should
hike 10 hclrlt Should that accommodation Of
the President bc approved it would turn 10000
American labnreTs ont of employment before II mad
been year Ii operation"
FULL AID FAR CONTEST on TIE ISSUE.
"What must be the marked and general effect
Of the Presil nts message T.
ct will bring tte coIntTy vIrre 1T ought TO DO
brought-to "A FIJI and fair contest on the question
of protection. The President; himself MAKES IL Inc
one issue bv 7 -sssGt ng no other in his message
think II vii to have the question Setuei me
nouocratic nsrsy II 1owsrl.a a.anjng menace 10
the inGustiicl prosperity CT the country That
menace should be removed or the policy 1t fore
shadows SnOa!d be mai certain Nothing IS 80
mischcv0us 10 bushes. a. uncertainty, nothing 80
paralyziDg rs GOnbt" o. W. D.
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